Tag: INDUSTRY

•Oil firm promotes Lagos Photo Festival Nigeria’s leading indigenous oil and gas company Oando Plc has continued to set the pace for other firms in the area of partnerships and support for Nigerian creative arts industry. The company recently partnered with the African Artists’ Foundation (AAF) to promote African art as well as socio-economic diversification […]

Nigeria and other African countries should reform their regulatory, fiscal and licensing systems to attract oil and gas investors, a professional services firm, PwC, has said. The PwC’s ‘Africa Oil and Gas Review 2016’ report noted that the decline in the global oil price had led to a reduced level of activity across the African […]

The Federal Government is seeking investments worth $7bn in mining and steel over the next decade as it targets the development of gold and iron ore extraction industries to diversify the nation’s oil-dependent economy. One of the government’s priorities is to meet the annual steel demand of 6.8 million metric tonnes, from a current output […]

Determined to change the negative perception of the insuring public about insurance business in Nigeria, the Insurers’ Committee has set up a committee to rebrand the industry to identify the benefits and advantages of insurance. The Insurers’ Committee – a baby of the National Insurance Commission and chief executive officers of all underwriting companies in […]

Davido, the real ‘Omo Baba Olowo’, (OBO), is now set to stake a claim in the lucrative Nigerian oil and gas industry, as a way of diversifying into other ventures apart from music. The singer, who, beyond the expectation of many, is holding his own in the music industry, will join the ranks of some […]